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colour seems to be grey (Fig. 122). Though the old Connemara 

 or 'Andalusian' type resembles in many respects ponies still to 

 be seen in Andalusia, Prof. Ewart has pointed out that they 

 bear a still more striking resemblance to some of the New 

 Forest ponies (Fig. 123), which, as we have seen, are probably 

 related to the Breton ponies and thus have in their veins 

 Libyan blood derived through Spain and France (pp. 322-4), 



FIG. 122. Light-grey Connemara Pony (so-called 'Andalusian' type). 



and possibly also that of the 'Celtic' pony. They vary from 

 13 to 13*2 hands : some are black, others grey or chestnut, 

 but the most characteristic specimens are of a yellow-dun 

 colour. Some of these are very fine in the bone with the 

 long pasterns often seen in the New Forest ponies. The ears 



the loan of all the blocks of the illustrations of Irish horses here shown (through 

 the kindness of Mr T. P. Gill, Under- Secretary for Agriculture and Technical 

 Education, Ireland). 



